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Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2009


CHAPTER 27

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENERGY CORPORATION OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR WATER RIGHTS ACT

(Assented to September 10, 2009)

Analysis


        1.   S.2 R&S
Definitions


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2008 cE-11.02

        1. Section 2 of the Energy Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador Water Rights Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Definitions

        2. In this Act

             (a)  "diversion" means "diversion" as defined in the Water Resources Act;

             (b)  "Energy Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador" means the corporation incorporated under the Energy Corporation Act; and

             (c)  "Lower Churchill River" means

                      (i)  that part of the Churchill River below the intersection of the Churchill River with the meridian of 63° 40' west of Greenwich, downstream to the intersection of the Churchill River with the meridian of 60° 45' west of Greenwich, and all waters that naturally flow into, or by diversion flow into, the Churchill River between those 2 points, and

                     (ii)  that part of the Churchill River upstream of the point of intersection of the Churchill River with the meridian of 63° 40' west of Greenwich that lies below the 425 foot contour line or below elevation 425 feet, as referenced in Appendix A of The Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited (Lease) Act, 1961,

but excludes the area described in Appendix A to The Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited (Lease) Act, 1961, and all waters while they are in that area.